Review: KIL

Kil is a film that tells the story of a young man named Akil (KIL) who suffers from stress and has a suicidal tendency. Despite the many attempts to kill himself, he has somehow always failed at doing so. He then decided to sign up with a strange assassination agency that helps its clients to kill themselves. Kil agrees to the conditions laid out by the agency, only to then fall in love with a girl who works at the agency. After finding himself in love with the girl, he tries to withdraw his application with the agency only to be told there is a non-cancellation clause in the contract between him and the agency. As he waits for his assassins to kill him, Kil realises the value of life and how one shouldn’t squander the opportunity given to live life to the fullest.

I have to admit that the movie was rather witty. The title “KIL” was a word play from the English word KILL. But since the protagonist was not successful in killing himself, the last “L” from the word KILL was omitted, and thus spelling out the shorter version of the protagonist’s name “KIL” derived from AKIL. The twist at the end with regards to the agency’s name L.A.B and the revelation of the deaths of Akil’s family was just as witty.

However, it is sad to note that the movie did not go beyond just being witty in storyline and plot. The acting was as luke warm as the chemistry between the characters. It almost looked like these actors were students acting for a student’s film project. In fact, the only believable character in the movie was a supporting character played by Anne James.

I also find that the post production for the film was poor. The editing was haphazard. And the sound was inconsistent. I actually expected more from the post productions (in terms of sound and editing), since the movie was said to be shot in 11 days but has taken two years in post- production before it was screened in the cinema.

On the whole, the film has a lot of potential. Maybe given some time and maybe financial aids, the movie could have been of better quality. And of course, perhaps the director might wanna cast actors who can really act as opposed to actors who just look good on screen.